PROLOGUE

"Reyaan, please leave me. I'm begging you, please release me from your cage." My feeble wails fill the room as I make this request.

He and the wall have ensnared me. His forehead is resting on mine, and there's just a small space between our lips as our heated breaths mix. No matter how many horrible deeds he commits, my love for him will never change. My heart still beats faster in his close proximity.

"Angel, please don't say this. Without you, I will not exist. You're my world, my everything," he says in a vulnerable tone that pierces my heart.

I stare at him through teary eyes and although he appears hazy, I can still feel that he is about to cry too.

"Reyaan, n-no. You told me that I'm your holy place, where all of your sins are washed down every time you're with me," I say quietly, lovingly touching his right cheek. He just nodded in response.

"But now, Reyaan, your very sacred location is gradually becoming a b-bad one. I will n-never forget the sin I committed yesterday. Reyaan, I'm losing my sanity now," I add in a shaky voice, recalling yesterday's events.

"I don't know what I'm doing, it's like I'm getting mad, and the cause is only you, Reyaan."

His expression changes to one of shock, as if realizing something slowly.

"Reyaan, you promised to always be my protector, but as you can see, you've turned into my lone destroyer. I beg you, Reyaan, to let me go before something terrible happens.".

My heart feels a startling emptiness as his warmth gradually departs.

"Go, Aashi. Rest in a different room tonight. Tomorrow, I will free you forever," he says quietly, what I've been craving to listen from the past six months. However, now hearing his words doesn't make me happy instead, it makes me feel like a piece of my inner being has vanished forever.

"W-what?" I ask, glancing at him as he stands far enough away from me.

"I said I would free you tomorrow and forever, and now leave before I change my decision," he again whispers, and a huge lump forms in my throat.

Following his order, I slowly and sorrowfully made my way towards the room. But just as I was about to walk by him, he grabbed my elbow, prompting me to stop moving, and our eyes full of tears collided.

His teary eyes land on my lips, and I instantly know what he wants, so I lift his face and press my lips to his.

Our tongues entwined with one another as soon as our lips molded together. This kiss is the wildest and most savage one we have shared to date. We both are giving our final kiss our whole range of emotions.

He's pressing my body closer to him as the seconds tick by, as if he wants me to immerse myself in him forever, and I know that I most certainly will. I have to stop, but it feels like my entire body is frozen in place, and all I can do is mercilessly grind my mouth on his as he works on mine.

I press my face closer to his as my hands gently creep up to his masculine shoulders, but all of a sudden he grips my hair and pulls his lips away.

I glance into his wet and crimson eyes.

He commands, "Leave Angel," in a low voice.

"Hn?"

"I said leave, Aashi," he yells, raising his voice this time, making me squirm. I proceeded to go to the door once more, but he grabbed my elbow once again.

I turn to face him again. His eyes are clearly beseeching, despite the overwhelming stubbornness on his face.

"I'm freeing you forever, my sweet angel, but always remember that this crazy, mad lover of yours will always l-love y-you." His voice cracks at the end. Immediately, he turns around. I can see that his body is trembling. I'm not sure if this is due to fury or tears, but huge tears are coming out of my eyes.

I slowly take back steps, continuing to glance at his back. My heart is screaming for him to stop me, as he always does by extorting me or using his blackmail card against me, and I feel horrible for myself for wanting this despite knowing he is an inhumane monster.

My back finally touches this room's door, and he doesn't look back. Perhaps this is the last one.

That's when I open the door and sprint to the other room, letting out loud tears. Even after learning of his actuality, I have never felt so shattered, but the agony that is currently consuming my heart is intolerable.

As I hurried down the corridor, I heard his earth-shattering scream and a lot of noise from the room, which halted my steps.

I turn around immediately, and my hand moves to my chest, where my heart is present. "Reyaan." A whisper of his name leaves my mouth.

Fear creeps up inside me, what if he hurts himself? I take a step forward in the same direction, but a realization strikes me.

"Aashi, no, no.".

"I will never be able to have this independence again if I go back to him once again. No, Aashi, turn around and run back," I murmur to myself as I take one final look in the direction of the room before starting to run once again and fiercely covering both of my ears with my hands to block out his heart-stopping screams.

I see that the room is close.

"Aashi, just a few more steps," I tell myself.

"Aashi, how long will you run?"

I stop running when I hear a voice inside of me calling. The voice is loud and deterring.

The same confident, irate voice says, "You're always running, Aashi, not once you have stopped and tried to solve the problem."

"You said you wanted to become strong, and now God has created a challenge in your life in the face of your lover, Your Reyaan. You're running away. You're really pathetic.".

I gulp, listening to the words.

"You said you loved him. You said that you believe in fighting for love, and now your love needs you; you're just running." The voice laughs at me.

"Aashi, he's not mentally stable. He's a psychopath who has lost all empathy. What he is doing is sinful, but his intention is pure; it is just that his method is terrible, but what he can do as his mind is violent, therefore he thinks violently," the voice calmly explains, and I feel it is correct.

"If you're wondering who I am," the voice says. "I'm that part of your spirit that truly loves Reyaan and has complete faith in him that he will become a wonderful person for you, all he needs is your support. So please, Aashi, go back to him. Please give him a chance, if not for himself, then for us and our love for him."

The voice begs, and I'm amazed that a part of my soul still hopes he'll change from being a mad, psychopathic monster.

Slowly, a smile grows on my face, and it is the first genuine smile I've had in six months in the cage. I turn back again, but this time with no weakness, sadness, or fear, only a steadfast purpose to treat him.

Taking a deep breath, I start racing towards him again. At this point, I understand that no matter how many times I want to get away from him, I will always wind up back in his embrace.

Releasing in June